Golf bag cuff



April 13, 1965 M. KlsH, JR 3,177,913

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April 13,1965 M. KlsH, .1R 3,177,913

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EZ- 5. JD. 4 /7 Fiied July 25, 1963, Ser. No. 297,621

6 Claims. (Cl. 15th-'1.5)

This invention relates to a novel arrangement for the reinforcing band of a golf bag culf and is a-continuationin-part of my co-pending application Serial No. 285,788 filed Iune 5, 1963 entitled Golf Bag Cuff and assigned to the assignee of the present invention.

In my above noted application, a rigid band which could be formed of a metallic extrusion was placed centrally of the golf bag cuff. The band had radially extending portions which are sutl'iciently thin to be directly sewn to the cuff of the bag. Thus, the reinforcing band is directly secured to the bag to eliminate possible movement thereof with respect to the cuff, while other portions thereof extend outwardly of the cuff to form abrasion surfaces. Moreover, the band had an extending central portion which extended beyond the periphery of the cuff to prevent abrasion.

In accordance with the present invention, the novel abrasion preventing ring is secured to the bottom of the entf, thereby providing rigidity for the cuff and decreasing the amount of leather or similar covering material applied to the cuff. v

Accordingly, a primary object 'of this invention is to provide a novel reinforcing means for at least one end of a golf bag cuff.

Another object of this invention is to provide a golf bag'cu which has an abrasible surface portion extending above the periphery thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel golf bag cut wherein the reinforcing means therefor is secured directly to the cuff as by sewing the reinforcing means to the cuff.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel rigid abrasible surface for a golf bag cuir' which can Withstand abrasion and has an attractive appearance.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel g'olf bag cuff which reduces the possibility of failure of the bag.

Yet another object of this invention is to reduce the required amount of covering material required in a golf bag cuff.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the drawings, in which:

FIGURE l schematically illustrates a side plan view of a golf bag having an upper and lower cuif.

FIGURE 2 is a side plan view of the body of the uppe cuff 'of FIGURE 1 before finishing.

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIGURE 2 taken across the lines 3-3 in FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a side plan view of the body of the lower cuti of FIGURE 1 before finishing.

FIGURE 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIGURE 4 taken across the lines 5 5 in FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6 is a side view partially in cross-section of a cuff adapted with prior art type reinforcing means.

FIGURE 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIGURE 6 taken across the lines 7-7 in FIGURE 6. Y

FIGURE 8 is a side plan View of a cuff having reinforcing means thereon in accordance with the above noted parent application.

FIGUREV 9 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the reinforcing means and cuff of FIGURE 8.

United States Patent O ati/asis 'Patented Apr. I3, V19h35 ice FIGURE 10 is a side plan view of FIGURE 9 with various portions of the cuff broken away.

FIGURE 1l is similar to FIGURE l0, and illustrates the manner in which a finishing member covers the cuff seam and reinforcing member seam.

FIGURE 12 shows a side cross-sectional view of the cuff of the foregoing figures when adapted with a bottom reinforcing ring in accordance with the invention.

FIGURE 13 is a front view of the cuff of FIGURE l2.

Referring rst to FIGURE l, I have illustrated a typical golf bag therein which has a suitable body 11i of tubular configuration, and which terminates in an upper cuff 11 and a lower cuff 12. Clearly, the lower cuff 12 will have a bottom wall, while the upper cuff 11 will have a tubular arrangement. The upper and lower cuffs 11 and 12 respectively are secured to the body 10 in any desired manner` as by sewing, illustrated by the stitch lines 13-14 for upper cuff 11 and 15-16 for lower cut 12.

FIGURES-2 and 3 show the upper cuff body (before the cuff is provided with appropriate iinishing materials) as comprised Iof a suitable material suchas a fiber strip 17 which is bent in the form of the tube whose ends abut at abutting region 18 and are stapled as by the staples 19.

This fiber tube could be formed in other ways. By way of example, thebody 20 of klower cuff'12 is illustrated in FIGURES 4 and 5 and, again, may be a suitable ber material, the ends of which overlap at overlapping portion 21 to form the tubular-shape. The 'overlapping ends are 'then secured together as by appropriate rivets 22, 23 and 24, or in any other desired manner.

After the formation of the cutf, previous practice has been to cover the fiber body with an outer finishing sheath Yof material such as leather. Thus, in FIGURES 6 and 7, which illustrate fiber body 17 for the upper cuff 11, a sheath 30 'of leather or other suitable material is secured to the outer periphery of body 17. Note that all of the remarks in the following apply vequally to the upper and lower cutis.

In applying the sheath 30, the upper and lower ends 31 and 32 thereof are tucked around body 17 and are glued to the inner surfaces of body 17 or are otherwise suitably secured thereto.

In order to now provide suitable rigidity to the cuff, 1t has been the. common practice to form a steel band 33 which ts aroundV the periphery of the cuff, as illus- .trated, and is held in position by means of a leather strip 34 whichV is sewn above and below ring 33 to the body 17 of the cui 'on stitch lines 35 and 35 respectively of FIGURE 6. It will be noted that this arrangement results in the central portion of strip 34 extending beyond the periphery of the cuff. Therefore, leather strip 34 is'subjected to great abrasive Wear. Moreover, no matter how tightly fitting the leather strip 34 is with respect to band 33, there will be a certain amount of movement of Vband 33 to thereby cause internal abrasion on strip 34. For these reasons, the strip 34 is rapidly worn through, thereby requiring maintenance of the bag at frequent'intervals and resulting in an unsightly appearance of the bag.

YIn accordance with my above noted parent application Serial No. 285,788, a novel reinforcing structure is provided for the cuffs which will not be subject to destruc-v have an ornamental configuration, if desired, may, for

example, be of aluminum or some other materialwhich is capable of resisting abrasion and will, therefore, not

3 be worn through or made unsightly afterextended use of the bag.

FIGURES 9 and 10 illustrate in cross-sectional and plan views respectively one embodiment of the invention. Referring now to YFIGURES 9- and 10, the lfiber (or other suitable material) body 17 is provided with the band 40 which may be an aluminum extrusion having a cross- 'section of the type shownin' FIGURE 9. The ends of the extrusion 40 abut one another, as illustrated in FIG- URE 10, in theV region 18'at which the ends of `fiber .body 17 abut one another.

The metallic band 40 more specifically has an extending head portion 41 which is connected to outwardly liaring sides 42 and 43 respectively which are connected to head portion 41 at the re-entrant reduced thickness portions 44 and 45 respectively.

The internal surface of band V40 is wrapped directly on the outer surface of member 17, and the finishing strips are then formed of two pieces 46 and 47 respectively ery of member 17, and the assemblyv `is then sewn together as at stitch lines 51 and 52 respectively (FIG- URES 8 and 9). It will be observed that extending portions 42 and 43 of band 40 have a suitable thickness to be capable of passing a sewing needle.

Accordingly, the resulting construction is one in which the reinforcing band 40 is directly secured to the cuff body 17 to provide the required rigidity `for the cuff. It is to be noted that the dimensions shown in the figures are not representative of the true dimensions of a commercial arrangement wherein body 17 will have a substantially greater thickness than the finishing strips 46 and 47 and 50.

The 'band 40, in addition to providing the rigidity, has

the head portion 41 of band 40 extendingbeyond the periphery of the cuff to act as an abrasion surface. Since the material of band 40 is hard, such as an aluminum or steel extrusion, the head 41 can withstand abrasion normally applied to a golf bag without being damaged or disligured. Moreover, the head portion 41 can have a suitable ornamental configuration thereof such as paral- `lel grooves, orthe like, and can be of any desired color to impart great ornamental value to the bag. V.This ornamental value will, of course, be of a continuing nature and not subject to the unsightly wear of the prior art type of leather strip 34, shown in FIGURES 6 and 7.

Furthermore, the reinforcing band is directly secured to the cuff, and will not be able to move with respect thereto to further decrease the possibility of abrasion anywhere within the cuff, and to improve the reinforcing function of band 40.

In order to finish the cuff, and as illustrated in FIG- URE 11, a finishing strip 60 which rmay Abe of metal orr Yheavy leather is then riveted to the cuff as 'by rivets 61 through 64. The finishing strip 60 is preferably applied to the bag at the point where the junction 18 occurs and where the ends of extrusion 40 meet so that this portion is hidden from view. Thus, the band 40 need not be cut to close tolerances since gaps at the abutting portion will be hidden from view. The finishing strip 60 may further serve to carry a ring 65 which can, in turn, receive a portion of the sling or handle used for carrying the bag. Y

In accordance with the present invention, and as illustrated in FIGURES 12 and 13, the culf is comprised of a cuff body 100 or tubular body member similarto cuff body 17 of the foregoing figures. FIGURE l2 shows cut body more specifically as comprised of an inner fiber strip 101 of relatively stiff material which has an outer resilient strip 102 of relatively resilient material such as foam rubber secured thereto as by glueing.

A leather sheath 103 whose bottom begins from the bottom of cuff 100 then is folded over the top of cuff 100 and secured to the strip 101 as by glueing or the like, as in the foregoing figures.

The novel reinforcing band 105 which has an abrasion surface'106 and a sewing flange 107 then receives the bottom of culf 1001 as shown with abrasion surface 106 extending beyond the periphery of the cuff 100.

A line of stitching 108 may then be placed in the lower portion of cuff 100 to secure together the cul 100, reinforcing band 105 and the golf bag body 10. That is, stitch line 108 serves the function of stitch lines 13 and 14 of FIGUREI, but also serves to secure the reinforcing band 105 to the bag.

The novel arrangement of FIGURES 12 and 13 has the advantage of the foregoingembodiments, but` further acts to save a substantialamount of covering leather or the like, since the covering sheath need not be folded around the bottom of the cuff. Note that a similar rei inforcing member could also be added to the top of the cuff in FIGURES 12 and 13 to add further rigidity, abrasive resistance and decreased sheath area, if desired.

Although this invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments thereof, it should be understood that many variations and modifications will Vnow be obvious to those skilled in the art, and it is preferred, therefore, that the scope of this invention be limited not by the specific disclosure herein but only by the appended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in whichan exclusive privilege or property is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A culi for a golf bag comprising a tubular body member, an elongated reinforcing member extending about the outer periphery of one end of said tubular body member, and a securing means for rigidly securing said reinforcing member directly to said outer periphery of said one end of said tubular body member anda covering sheath extending around the outer periphery of said tubular body member; said covering sheath being folded over the other end of said culf; said reinforcing member having a radially extending portion extending outwardly and beyond the periphery of said cuff to define an abrasionV surface.

2. The cuff substantially as set forth in claim 1 wherein said reinforcing means has an extending stitch receiving portion; a golf bag body; said stitches extending through said stitch receiving portions and said golf bag body for securing together said cuff, said reinforcing means, and said golf bag body.

3. The cuff of claim 1 wherein said reinforcing member has an extending stitch receiving portion; said extending stitch receiving portion and said radially extending portion defining an annular pocket for receiving said other end of said tubular body member and the corresponding end of said covering sheath.

4. In combination, a golf bag having a tubular golf bag body and a culf secured to one end of said tubular golf ybag body; said cuff comprising a tubular body member, an elongated reinforcing member extending about the outer periphery of one end of said tubular body member, and a securing means for rigidly securing said reinforcing member directly to said outer periphery of said one of said tubular body members and a covering sheath extending around the outer periphery of said tubular body material; said covering sheath being folded over the other end of said cuff and extending to said one end of said cuff; said one end of said tubular bag body being immediately adjacent said one end of said tubular body member of said cuff.

5. A cui for a golf ybag comprising a tubular body member, an elongated reinforcing member extending about the outer periphery of one end of said tubular body member, and a securing means for rigidly securing said reinforcing member directly to said outer periphery of said one end of said tubular 'body member and a covering sheath extending around the outer periphery of said tubular body member; said covering sheath being folded over the other end of said cuff; said tubular body member comprising an inner vlayer of a relatively stijf material and an outer layer of a relatively resilient material.

6. A cui for a golf bag comprising a tubular body member, an elongated reinforcing member extending about the outer periphery of one end of said tubular body member, and a securing means for rigidly securing said reinforcing member directly to said outer periphery of said one end of said tubular body member; said reinforcing member having a radially extending portion extending outwardly and beyond the periphery of said cui to dene an abrasion surface; said reinforcing means having an extending stitch receiving portion; a golf bag body; said stitches extending through said stitch receiving portions and said golf bag body for securing together said cuff, said reinforcing means, and saidgolf bag body.

Reerences Cited by the Examiner FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Primary Examiner. 

1. A CUFF FOR A GOLF BAG COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY MEMBER, AN ELONGATED REINFORCING MEMBER EXTENDING ABOUT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR BODY MEMBER, AND A SECURING MEANS FOR RIGIDLY SECURING SAID REINFORCING MEMBER DIRECTLY TO SAID OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR BODY MEMBER AND A COVERING SHEATH EXTENDING AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID TUBUALR BODY MEMBER; AND COVERING SHEATH BEING FOLDED OVER THE OTHER END OF SAID CUFF; SAID REINFORCING MEMBER HAVING A RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND BEYOND THE PERIPHERLY OF SAID CUFF TO DEFINE AN ABRASION SURFACE. 